QANON

Trump believed in your nonsense and now he is in serious legal trouble because of it.

Can you fill me in on what Qanon is all about? I heard it discussed on late-night conspiracy-theory radio some time ago,but not sure... Also- how can you tell which memes are made by Purgeboy?

I'd be happy to.

QAnon is a conspiracy theory fueled by closed message board groups that claim to work at high levels of government. The crux of it is that all heads of State and major politicians the world over are embroiled in a child trafficking system explicitly designed to honeypot these statesmen into deep blackmail, enabling global control of world events. Like all good conspiracy theories, it is cleverly disguised as something that one might imagine could be true, but the whole thing spirals beyond reason with no shred of evidence. Some of the incidents that grabbed headlines include the Pizzagate incident where a QAnon believer went as far as shooting up a pizza restaurant claimed to be a part of the child trafficking, the theory that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead and her presence fabricated Weekend-At-Bernie style, and - like it or not - the Ukraine phone call that Trump made in the first place was entirely centered around Crowdstrike, which is a QAnon theory that has been disproven that Trump believed. I'm aware of your feelings on the Impeachment Fiasco, but the bottom line is that it all started when Trump read a QAnon theory on the Internet and decided he was going to run with it.

With regards to Purgeboy: if you see an account posting that is less than three days old, and recycles a lot of poorly made memes that you remember seeing already, odds are good that it may be Purgeboy. He reveals himself almost right away in the comments section: making threats about what the maga will do to lefty, moo slimes, the filth, Mexicans - anything where you get the feeling that he's trying a bit too hard to come across as racist and deranged, that's him. He also has a tell-tale distinctly unique way of spelling "phk" instead of "f**k". Once you successfully spot a few of his accounts, you really get a feel for his spam style.

Thank you for that detailed explanation. Really amazing stuff! I was looking for my tin foil hat to wear while I was reading this, but i seem to have misplaced it! I'll really have to think about this stuff...not sure where i come down on it- I'm not really sure where i come down on conspiracy theories in general for that matter. I guess some are true,and others not. I have a certain fascination about PURGEBOY. Maybe because he too seems to be something bordering on conspiracy theory. I was also wondering how Purgeboy became associated with train wrecks and such. Thanks for the info on him,I look forward to learning more. Pardon me for being rude before. I am firm in my conservative beliefs, and have sometimes been too quick to insult the OP. But, I've come to think of Imgflip as a community, and I realize that some of you liberals are also educated and wise,with good things to offer.

Purgeboy is just a neo-Nazi. Not a rhetorical I don't agree with him so he's a Nazi Nazi, I mean like if you follow him for long enough, he is a bona fide gas the Jews, black people are farm equipment, Hitler's work is unfinished neo-Nazi. No conspiracy theories. No puzzles to solve. No rabbit holes. He's just a legit neo-Nazi with the delusion that spam posting to imgflip helps the Nazi agenda somehow.

I know what you mean about conspiracy theories; some are fun to chase up, others are hair brained - but QAnon is noted for a special rhetorical style when you ask them for hard evidence. They start saying things like "who was on plane 51 on the 13th of May? Look it up. The call sign was Q343. 343 what's? How many mangos are imported each year? Mango is a pizza topping - it all comes back to pizza!" Seriously, they have a singular obsession with pizza. "Look at the bottle cap. It has a Q. Tom Hanks is one of them."

And it goes on like this. I don't think I've seen such a display of mass suggestibility in my life! You can't find one moment of lucid reasoning where they at least begin with the foundations of their thinking.

That's really bizarre. When I first heard about this Qanon, I thought it was named for the Star Trek next gen character...As for Purgeboy, I get that his messages are often neo-nazi, but others here are saying that he somehow seems to have more accounts & listings than should possible for a legit.memer. Multiple memers posing as Purgeboy, and even a devious Liberal doing a Colbert-esque parody of conservatives are other ideas ive heard suggested...

A situation like Purgeboy is obviously going to be a bit of a Rorscach test where everybody sees what they want to see.

I would argue that the devil's in the details. Crazy has a way of showing itself in the small ways that spectators might notice even if the "performer" doesn't.

He claims he comes from the GAB boards, and the GAB is a social meming site explicitly founded by the alt-right - officially for purposes of free speech, but we know the people involved at its corporate administration and we know what views they're trying to promote.

GAB has about a million registered accounts and an estimated active user base of about 20,000 individual people - so, do the math; that's a community where it's normal to have 50ish alt accounts per individual person, and that's just on average. You know what I mean? The hardcore users are going to go nuts on alt accounts in the several hundreds. Basically, it's a culture that matches Purgeboy's m/o to a tee.

That's a kind of consistency that you can't fake. I honestly think Purgeboy is from that board, has picked up his meme spam habits from them, and wants to turn imgflip into a alternate GAB board - declaring himself to be the person who spearheaded that flip.

To say he's anything else really begs the question of what details he's put down that offers evidence for that conclusion.

I really appreciate this conversation and your rationality. We are a community, much as we argue like hellfire on a good day. Thanks for your calm and wise comments.

Yes ,likewise. Is Dawn Launch Purgeboy? Will you be posting the requisite train wrecks meme? Love those...LOL

This user? No. For one thing, Purgeboy emerged about a year and a half ago. 2015 predates Purgey significantly. For another thing, if you look through their recent comment history, their command of the English language is pretty solid and, while sassy, not particularly abusive. Purgeboy doesn't seem to be a native English speaker and can't help but emphasise his penchant for violent imagery.

Oh ok- yup,that's the one.Some other users were commenting that this might be Purgeboy ,but I guess they meant the spammy style is "Purgeboy-ish". When you leave a trainwreck meme on a Purgy meme,if you let me know,I will leave one as well...there's something about a picture of a trainwreck with the word "Purgeboy" on it that I find irresistible- I'm silly that way! 🙂

KowPharts is textbook Purgeboy. Take notes!